halfheartedly

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They would sniff at the bottle and paw it halfheartedly, then look at us as if to say: "Can't you just open it up and give us the food?"

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  • He eyed their Calorie-Adjusted menu halfheartedly, then ordered a Traditional, right out of the oven, with extra frosting. —  FSFMagazine,July2007
  • I shrugged a robe over my underwear, knotting the belt halfheartedly, and limped out into my rather spartan family room. —  AHMM,Jan-Feb2006
  • He shuddered, struggled halfheartedly, and gave in. —  The Tiger In The Smoke - Allingham, Margery - Albert Campion 15
  • It bounced off halfheartedly, and the few matches left in tumbled out at random. —  Butcher, Jim - Dead Beat (v1.0) (html).html
  • He gripped and tried halfheartedly, as if he thought he should, to ease her back. —  This is a work of fiction
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